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Amy Vierhile, DNP, RN, PPCNP-BC

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing

Presentations

Navigating Mental Health in Youth in a Digital World
Child Neurology Society Annual conference, Association of Child Neurology Nurses Annual conference, 2025
Charlotte, North Carolina

Approaching the Neurologic Assessment of the Infant
Samantha Weaver, DNP
National Association of Nurse Practitioners virtual conference, 2025


Publications

  • Vermilion, J., Augustine, E.F., Mink, J.W., McDermott, M.P., Vierhile, A., Pereira-Freitas, M. & Adams, H.R (2025). Impact of CLN3 Disease on Child Quality of Life and Family Function. Pediatric Neurology, 170, 17-25. DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2025.06.008

  • Adams, H.R., Augustine, E.F., Bonifacio, K., Collins, A., Vierhile, A.E. & Mink, J.W (2025). The Wechsler intelligence scale for children, fourth and fifth editions perform comparably in children with Batten disease.. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 20 (413). DOI: 10.1186/s13023-023-03923-w

  • Samantha P. Myers, Kathleen D. Meeks, Heather Adams, Amy E. Vierhile, Erika Augustine, Alyssa Collins, Adam B. Lewin, Tanya K. Murphy, Jonathan W. Mink, Jennifer Vermilion (2025). Coprophenomena Associated With Worse Individual and Family Function for Youth With Tourette Syndrome. Neurology Clinical Practice. PMID: 39399549 PMCID: PMC11464232 DOI: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000200369

  • Myers, S.P., Meeks, K.D., Adams, H., Vierhile, A.E., Augustine, E., Collins, A., Lewin, A.B., Murphy, T.K., Mink, J.W. & Vermilion, J (2025). Coprophenomena Associated with Worse Individual and Family Function for Youth with Tourette Syndrome. . Neurology: Clinical Practice. DOI: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000200369

  • Lewin, A.B., Murphy, T.K., Mink, J.W., Small, B.J., Adams, H.R., Brennan, E., Augustine, E.F., Vermilion, J., Vierhile, A., Collins, A., Kudryk, K., Dickinson, S., Danielson, M. & Bitsko, R.H (2024). . Brief Youth Self-Report Screener for Tics: Can a Subscale of the Motor Tic, Obsession and Compulsion, and Vocal Tic Evaluation Survey (MOVES) Identify Tic Disorders in Youth?. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 9 (2), 181-191. DOI: 10.1080/23794925.2023.2191354

  • Vermilion, J.A., Bitsko, R.H., Danielson, M.L., Bonifacio, K.P., Dean, S.L., Hyman, S.L., Augustine, E.F., Mink, J.W., Morrison, P.E., Vierhile, A.E., Sulkes, S.B., van Wijngaarden, E. & Adams, H.R (2024). Performance of a Tic Screening Tool (MOVeIT) in Comparison to Expert Clinician Assessment in a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Clinic Sample. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 9 (2), 245-261. DOI: 10.1080/2379425.2023.2272948

  • Rebecca H. Bitsko, Joseph R. Holbrook, Prudence W. Fisher, Corey Lipton, Edwin van Wijngaarden, Erika F. Augustine, Jonathan W. Mink, Amy Vierhile, John Piacentini, John Walkup, Bradley Firchow, Akilah R. Ali, Allison Badgley, Heather R. Adams (2023). Validation of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC-5) Tic Disorder and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Modules. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. PMID: 38883232 PMCID: PMC11177540 DOI: 10.1080/23794925.2023.2191352

  • Adam B. Lewin, Tanya K. Murphy, Jonathan W. Mink, Brent J. Small, Heather R. Adams, Erin Brennan, Erika F. Augustine, Jennifer Vermilion, Amy Vierhile, Alyssa Collins, Kelly Kudryk, Sarah Dickinson, Melissa L. Danielson, Rebecca H. Bitsko (2023). Brief Youth Self-Report Screener for Tics: Can a Subscale of the Motor Tic, Obsession and Compulsion, and Vocal Tic Evaluation Survey (MOVES) Identify Tic Disorders in Youth?. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. PMID: 37323827 PMCID: PMC10267813 DOI: 10.1080/23794925.2023.2191354

  • Margaux C. Masten, Camille Corre, Alex R. Paciorkowski, Amy Vierhile, Heather R. Adams, Jennifer Vermilion, Grace A. Zimmerman, Erika F. Augustine, Jonathan W. Mink (2021). A diagnostic confidence scheme for <scp>CLN3</scp> disease. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. PMID: 34453334 PMCID: PMC9248362 DOI: 10.1002/jimd.12429

  • Jennifer Vermilion, Carolina Pedraza, Erika F. Augustine, Heather R. Adams, Amy Vierhile, Adam B. Lewin, Alyssa T. Collins, Michael P. McDermott, Thomas O’Connor, Roger Kurlan, Edwin van Wijngaarden, Tanya K. Murphy, Jonathan W. Mink (2021). Anxiety Symptoms Differ in Youth With and Without Tic Disorders. Child Psychiatry &amp; Human Development. PMID: 32519083 PMCID: PMC11749237 DOI: 10.1007/s10578-020-01012-6

  • Emily de los Reyes, Lenora Lehwald, Erika F. Augustine, Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, Karen Butler, Natalie Cormier, Scott Demarest, Sam Lu, Jacqueline Madden, Joffre Olaya, Susan See, Amy Vierhile, James W. Wheless, Amy Yang, Jessica Cohen-Pfeffer, Dorna Chu, Fernanda Leal-Pardinas, Raymond Y. Wang (2020). Intracerebroventricular Cerliponase Alfa for Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis Type 2 Disease: Clinical Practice Considerations From US Clinics. Pediatric Neurology. PMID: 32684372 DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2020.04.018

  • Emily de los Reyes, Lenora Lehwald, Erika F. Augustine, Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, Karen Butler, Natalie Cormier, Scott Demarest, Sam Lu, Jacqueline Madden, Joffre Olaya, Susan See, Amy Vierhile, James W. Wheless, Amy Yang, Jessica Cohen-Pfeffer, Dorna Chu, Fernanda Leal-Pardinas, Raymond Y. Wang (2020). The CLN3 Disease Staging System. Pediatric Neurology. DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2020.04.018

  • Jennifer Vermilion, Erika Augustine, Heather R. Adams, Amy Vierhile, Adam B. Lewin, Alyssa Thatcher, Michael P. McDermott, Tom O’Connor, Roger Kurlan, Edwin van Wijngaarden, Tanya K. Murphy, Jonathan W. Mink (2020). Tic Disorders are Associated With Lower Child and Parent Quality of Life and Worse Family Functioning. Pediatric Neurology. PMID: 32029331 PMCID: PMC11826923 DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.12.003

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